gone through boxes of tissue

---what luck---

this was me
friday morning
i woke up {sick}
with a b.a.d. cold & a sore throat

BUT

i am still making the most of paris
or well trying to at least
i have {1} more day

.paris.

looking out the window
{on the train}
it's starting to move


off to paris


with love from europe
xoxo

.dreams. come true

--tomorrow--

i am going to disneyland paris

this is a {dream} come true

kiss me i'm irish

i did not have {one} green shirt
(and as my grandma of irish descent reads this,
she will be shaking her head with disappoinment)

so i made a headband
{crafty}
a shamrock. a feather. some fabric.
---------------poof------------------
there were many local pubs that decided to celebrate
saint patrick's day
and you had to be sporting g.r.e.e.n.
so I met up with some other girls


there could be -no- st. patty's day without a
leprechaun


as i walked off he told me:
.......girl, you put the {rock} in "shamrock"
oh yea, best compliment of my week

i hope you all wore your green today
and avoided all people on {pinch} patrol

xoxo
with love from switzerland

stand watch for the .tooth. fairy

-----caya-----
she lost her 7th tooth
she was eating a cookie
and
the tooth went down with the cookie
swallowed whole
---------------
her first reaction: (with teary eyes)
how is the tooth fairy going to believe me if I don't have proof
my first reaction:
let's write her a note
---------------
so the note was carefully written
i explained that tooth swollowing can happen

then. PROBLEM

this morning i hear hystaria
i come to fine that caya is sobbing
bosco is frantically searching the room saying nope not here

the tooth fairly didn't come
{oh no}
the look on the parent's faces
uh--ohhh
-----------------
my explaination:
so many kids lost their teeth so she couldn't make the flight to geneva
it was windy and unsafe flying conditions
-----> she is still coming though
-----------------
so my job for the day:
to stand watch
check every {2} hours
to see if she has arrived and left the money

the magic still lives

the double-edged sword of the greeting *kiss*

social etiquette... it's important

the *kiss* has {replaced} the handshake for me

STANDARD greeting: it is "french" to do the

- - -kiss.kiss.kiss- - -

on your

- - -cheek.cheek.cheek- - -

bonjour & hello person I’ve never {ever} met,

please come kiss my cheek,

{3} times

haha

i l.o.v.e it, i really do

but it takes some getting used to

i've had some awk--ward moments with this greeting

not {too} many

but {1} i’d like to share:

a friend introduces me to a boy

girl {meets} boy

i stuck out my hand {to shake}

and well he didn’t really know what to do

so---> he took my hand (using the hand to pull us in)

cheek to cheek

then stiff as a robot i stammered an AWKWARD

left.right.left

haha hands still grasped

my little ballerina

{ballet}

every girl should take lessons

in my opinion

today

i had the pleasure of taking caya to her ballet lesson

[i was just as excited as she was]

it brought back so many childhood memories

i grew up in a dance studio, {day in & day out}

----ballet shoes - check

----tights - check

----leotard - check

----snack - check

off we went

we took the bus

on the ride we ate her snack

we pulled her hair into the tightest bun

and as we got off the bus we ran as fast as we could 2 blocks to the studio

she was so happy & excited to have me as her guest

every so often she’d look over & wave

just to make sure i was watching her do her plie's and grand jetes

i can't wait for the may recital